The Connecticut Huskies are currently ranked fourth in both the Associated Press and USA Today top 25 polls.  

The fact that the Huskies didn’t receive a single top 25 vote in the initial USA Today preseason rankings makes their ascension to the top five that much more remarkable.

Head Coach Jim Calhoun’s Connecticut squad burst onto the scene in a big way in late November while playing in the EA Sports Maui Invitational. Going into the tournament, nobody gave the unranked Huskies much of a chance to emerge as champions from a star—studded field that included No. 2 Michigan State, No. 9 Kentucky and No. 11 Washington.